We were really excited to be part of the WineStars event. An innovative concept, it enabled us to see the brightest and best of the wine world, and shone a light into corners that we may not have looked into ourselves. With the opportunity to screen and shortlist entries in advance, it was very positive for us.
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Our Meet the Buyers series pays a visit to Waitrose to find out who is responsible for what among its award-winning drinks team
Read more...PLB has launched La Copita, a range of wines in glass-sized PET packaging, exclusively to Waitrose.
Read more...Waitrose and Majestic scooped the top gongs for best supermarket and high street retailers at this year's International Wine Challenge awards.
Read more...Waitrose has appointed former Asda wine buyer Katie Mollet to its team ? she will have special responsibility for Italian, bag-in-box, small bottle and low alcohol wines.
Read more...JF Hillebrand has signed a three-year contract to manage all wine imports for Waitrose.
Waitrose is shaking up its buying team following the appointment of Pierpaolo Petrassi MW to head of beers, wines, spirits and tobacco.
Read more...Pierpaolo Petrassi MW has left Tesco to head up the BWS department at Waitrose.
Read more...The future of wine retailing in the UK is at a crossroads and if it follows the wrong path it could be "catastrophic" for the industry, warned Waitrose´s Justin Howard-Sneyd speaking at today´s Wine Future 09 in Rioja.
Read more...UK supermarket chain Waitrose is poised to move into the convenience market pinned on new deals with Welcome Break and Boots and in a move that could double the number of its grocery stores.
Read more...Waitrose wine buyers plan to take consumers on organised wine and gourmet tours in an attempt to educate them about their wine range.
Read more...Alcohol sales were one of the few highlights of Waitrose's trading year in 2008.
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The arrival in the UK of one of Sweden's most famous beers - God Lager, from the Nils Oscar Micro-brewery - is certainly cause for celebration.
Source: God Lager
Harpers.co.uk can exclusively reveal Waitrose plans to be the first UK retailer to plant vines in England and produce its own sparkling wine to hit the shelves in 2014.
Read more...Ken Mackay MW has joined the Waitrose wine buying team.
Read more...Supermarket group Waitrose won both the wine buyer and spirits buyer of the year awards at last night's IWSC awards ceremony.
Read more...UK: The new store in Marylebone, London, which opened on 1 June 2007, has seen fine wine value sales increase by 65% in the second week and 71% in the store's third week after opening.
Waitrose has reported a 2.7% rise in sales for the first half despite bad weather in June and July.
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Waitrose is to go head-to-head with American rival Whole Foods Market by launching its first premium supermarket in London.
Waitrose is raising standards within its supply chains through a new ethical trading manual.
